Hello folks,
My current HT receiver (Kenwood VR-7070) is acting flaky so I figured it was time to upgrade. After looking around a bit I seem to feel that I am in a bit of a pickle.
The kenwood receiver is a 6.1 and I've always used the 6th channel as a sub channel instead of the .1 channel (the receiver is designed to do this). I have an old set of Cerwin Vega DX7s and they literally vibrate the nails loose in the drywall, but of course require external amplification. The rest of my speakers are bookshelves (Yamaha NS-M125P) so I have always run all the low/sub through the Cerwins.
After looking into current receivers I notice that the trend is Bi-amping and I can find no receiver that can be setup to output the sub channel from any of its speaker outputs. After purchasing a new receiver I would rather not have to also purchase either a new Powered Sub woofer or an additional external amp to power the Cerwins. After some review of the Bi-amping theory I was wondering could I just hook my cerwins up to the Bi-amp channel and my fronts (they are only Yamaha NS-M125P bookshelf speakers) to the high frequency front channel or is this just not going to work?
Does anyone know of a currently available receiver that can output the sub channel at speaker level (preferably sub 700$) or do I find myself in one of those costly significant system upgrade situations?
Your comments and insight are appreciated!
My current HT receiver (Kenwood VR-7070) is acting flaky so I figured it was time to upgrade. After looking around a bit I seem to feel that I am in a bit of a pickle.
The kenwood receiver is a 6.1 and I've always used the 6th channel as a sub channel instead of the .1 channel (the receiver is designed to do this). I have an old set of Cerwin Vega DX7s and they literally vibrate the nails loose in the drywall, but of course require external amplification. The rest of my speakers are bookshelves (Yamaha NS-M125P) so I have always run all the low/sub through the Cerwins.
After looking into current receivers I notice that the trend is Bi-amping and I can find no receiver that can be setup to output the sub channel from any of its speaker outputs. After purchasing a new receiver I would rather not have to also purchase either a new Powered Sub woofer or an additional external amp to power the Cerwins. After some review of the Bi-amping theory I was wondering could I just hook my cerwins up to the Bi-amp channel and my fronts (they are only Yamaha NS-M125P bookshelf speakers) to the high frequency front channel or is this just not going to work?
Does anyone know of a currently available receiver that can output the sub channel at speaker level (preferably sub 700$) or do I find myself in one of those costly significant system upgrade situations?
Your comments and insight are appreciated!
